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05-21-2017 , 10:31 AM
sounds like they are creating an international institution that will target terrorist funding and an institution for targeting the spreading of terrorism ideology.
05-21-2017 , 10:33 AM
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Originally Posted by Trolly McTrollson
He's certainly not the sole voice of reason, it's just that Steven Smith's skill set as an ESPN hot-take yambags transfers really well to the Fox News politics yambag scene. Plus, when you're an ESPN guy you have to actually trade in the realm of agreed-on facts and semi-plausible arguments when you're explaining why the Cubs are gonna choke their next homestead. You can't get away with the standard Fox News-style of deflections and "Dems do it too!" on a sports yambag show. Viewers wouldn't put up with that kind of bull****.
That this is happening with so much more frequency badly incriminates Trump. The idiots just don't realize it heh.
05-21-2017 , 10:34 AM
I've seen urban used as a euphemism for black in sales or obliquely, but I've never seen it used directly to mean black

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“It’s a different place for raising your kids,” said Greg Lanni, a white 57-year-old middle school PE teacher who grew up in Troy. “It used to be more of a safe place to raise your kids and it changed to a, I don’t want to say urban" — he paused — “but a lot of things have changed.”

Another white resident, Frank Spatafora, a chef in his fifties, said, “Certain areas have gotten worse — crime, drugs.” Don Osgood, a white 39-year-old contractor who has spent his life in Troy, said he hoped to leave “someday.” “I’d rather live out in the country,” he said. “This place is ****in’ dangerous, man.”
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BuzzFeed News spoke to dozens of Troy residents: While nearly every black resident interviewed said that the city’s biggest problem is police harassment, many white residents said that the city’s biggest problem is rising crime.

In fact, the city’s crime rate in 2016 was its lowest in at least a decade. This false perception of danger among white residents was so pervasive that in 2013, Chief Tedesco penned an op-ed for the Troy Record to address the “confounded interpretation of the true statistics,” writing, “Recent outcries about the ‘rising crime rate’ in Troy have been grossly exaggerated.”
https://www.buzzfeed.com/albertsamah...are#.egOZv06Ow
05-21-2017 , 10:35 AM
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Originally Posted by aflametotheground
sounds like they are creating an international institution that will target terrorist funding and an institution for targeting the spreading of terrorism ideology.
But no, Trump's not dangerous because there are no nukes flying yet.
05-21-2017 , 10:36 AM
Yeah whenever I hear a phrase like "the progressives ruined that place" that's what people are generally referring to. An influx of black people and people of color, usually a thriving economy, and a declining/very low crime rate.
05-21-2017 , 10:36 AM
Trump literally giving the middle east leaders a pass for human rights violations in his speech. OMG.
05-21-2017 , 10:37 AM
Trump is the worst speaker of all time. His speech writers are barely literate.
05-21-2017 , 10:38 AM
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Originally Posted by Our House
Trump literally giving the middle east leaders a pass for human rights violations in his speech. OMG.
He's not giving them a pass, he agrees with thier views of women's and gay rights.
05-21-2017 , 10:43 AM
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Originally Posted by Clovis8
He's not giving them a pass, he agrees with thier views of women's and gay rights.
And projecting a free pass onto himself.
05-21-2017 , 10:44 AM
Funny how his message totally changes when his audience is white racists at his nazi rallies.
05-21-2017 , 10:44 AM
that room hes speaking in is pretty decent tbh
05-21-2017 , 10:46 AM
Lots of happy people in that crowd lol.
05-21-2017 , 10:47 AM
Pence isn't any less authoritarian than Trump
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Ritz was the first Democrat to serve as Superintendent in 40 years.

Pence was elected during the same election. One of his first acts as governor was to remove Ritz from the union-centered Educational Employment Relations Board. The Republican-controlled House Education Committee then proposed a bill to "strip the superintendent's position as chair of the State Board of Education. …The bill would allow Republican Gov. Mike Pence's 10 appointees to the 11-member board to elect their own chair."

In other words, as soon as a Democrat was elected to an influential state position (with 53% of the vote, higher than Pence received), the Republican governor and legislature set to rendering her office utterly without power and empowering themselves to oust her and prevent the reforms she was elected to champion.

The Republicans claimed their power grab, with Pence leading the charge, was merely intended to "clarify control of education policy."

Which is quite an extraordinary euphemism for seize unilateral control of education policy, in direct contravention of the will of the voters.
http://www.shakesville.com/2017/03/n...so-no-way.html
05-21-2017 , 10:47 AM
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Originally Posted by aflametotheground
that room hes speaking in is pretty decent tbh
They have a TON of money. Which is probably 1000% why he chose to go there first.

EDIT: The negatoid news media (not Fox) will now expose how much he pocketed from this trip. (besides Ivanka's cool 100 mill)
05-21-2017 , 10:53 AM
It's all just a joke to this guy.


https://twitter.com/ddale8/status/866304387051917314
05-21-2017 , 10:54 AM
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Originally Posted by Huehuecoyotl
I've seen urban used as a euphemism for black in sales or obliquely, but I've never seen it used directly to mean black

https://www.buzzfeed.com/albertsamah...are#.egOZv06Ow
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Originally Posted by einbert
Yeah whenever I hear a phrase like "the progressives ruined that place" that's what people are generally referring to. An influx of black people and people of color, usually a thriving economy, and a declining/very low crime rate.
Unspeakable Realities Block Universal Health Coverage In America

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Why are economically struggling blue collar voters rejecting a party that offers to expand public safety net programs? The reality is that the bulk of needy white voters are not interested in the public safety net. They want to restore their access to an older safety net, one much more generous, dignified, and stable than the public system – the one most well-employed voters still enjoy.

When it seems like people are voting against their interests, I have probably failed to understand their interests. We cannot begin to understand Election 2016 until we acknowledge the power and reach of socialism for white people.
05-21-2017 , 10:58 AM
hes not doing too bad in this speech tbh

edit: maybe, potentially

Last edited by aflametotheground; 05-21-2017 at 11:00 AM. Reason: edit: maybe, potentially
05-21-2017 , 10:58 AM
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Originally Posted by einbert
It's all just a joke to this guy.


https://twitter.com/ddale8/status/866304387051917314
Like half of his audience are state sponsors of terrorism. This is a giant **** festival smokescreen.
05-21-2017 , 10:59 AM
lol ethnithisity. Mush mouthed dolt.
05-21-2017 , 11:02 AM
What a coward.
05-21-2017 , 11:05 AM
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Originally Posted by Our House
Trump literally giving the middle east leaders a pass for human rights violations in his speech. OMG.
We've been giving Saudi Arabia a pass for their human rights abuses for nearly 20 years. That's part of the quid pro quo. They take care of Yemen and we look the other way when they oppress their people.
05-21-2017 , 11:08 AM
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Originally Posted by SuperUberBob
We've been giving Saudi Arabia a pass for their human rights abuses for nearly 20 years. That's part of the quid pro quo. They take care of Yemen and we look the other way when they oppress their people.
There is a HUGE difference though. Previous presidents did not fully support the oppression. This one does.
05-21-2017 , 11:11 AM
Did Obama under similar arrangements call out Saudi specifically for oppressing women?

Not sure what we can demand since trump did talk about oppressin of women, but i think it was in relation to isis.
05-21-2017 , 11:16 AM
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Originally Posted by aflametotheground
Did Obama under similar arrangements call out Saudi specifically for oppressing women?

Not sure what we can demand since trump did talk about oppressin of women, but i think it was in relation to isis.
We are to believe the pussy grabber in chief is a huge supporter of women's rights as he tries to gut women's healthcare both in America and abroad.

**** him and **** everyone who says one good thing about him or his disgusting speech.
05-21-2017 , 11:19 AM
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Originally Posted by SuperUberBob
We've been giving Saudi Arabia a pass for their human rights abuses for nearly 20 years. That's part of the quid pro quo. They take care of Yemen and we look the other way when they oppress their people.
I don't think that has the Yemen part right. They want Yemen taken care of a lot more than we do. It's oil and arms sales we want, but we don't look the other way.

The US and UK set up banana republics in the ME. As rich as the few Saudis and Kuwaitis ever got there still less money kept in their countries than if they control the resources. In 1953 we overthrew the elected government in Iran because they wanted to nationalize oil companies. In 1991 we destroyed Iraq's military because they threatened the oil of a banana republic. In the Gulf we have maintained either direct control of every country or propped up fundamentalist totalitarian monarchies since before WW1.

It's hard to characterize this as giving anyone a pass. It's our system. Exploitation and the required repression are features, not bugs.

      
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